Golding, William

The Spire

William Golding · 1964 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this novel by notable author William Golding. The first US edition, first printing of this novel by William Golding, preceded by the Faber and Faber UK edition published in the same year. T...

The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces the Pyramid the Scorpion God, Three Short Novels

William Golding · 1965 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Faber and Faber, 1965-1971. First edition. Hardback. London: Faber and Faber, 1965-1971. First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6"; 7.5" by 5"; 8" by 5.5" . None. A pleasing set, comprised of two first editions and one second edition of works...

Works on London

Thomas Burke; Claud Golding; Henry Blyth; John Lehmann; E.S. Turner; Ronald Webber; Sir Gerald Hurst; Douglas Sutherland; William Kent; A.P. Herbert; R.J. Minney; R.J. Mitchell; M.D.R. Leys; William Gaunt; Nathan Dews; John E.N. Hearsay; et al. · 1946 · Rooke Books

£735.00 (€881.14 | $971.20 | ¥155,107)

London, Herbert Jenkins; Robert Hale; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; B.T. Batsford; Macmillan; Michael Joseph; JM Dent & Sons; Constable & Co;, 1946-1988. Cloth. London: Herbert Jenkins; Robert Hale; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; B.T. Batsford; Macmillan; Michael Joseph; JM Dent & Sons; ...

Fire Down Below

William Golding · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Faber and Faber, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of this novel by Nobel Prize winning author William Golding. First edition. The third novel in the To the Ends of the Earth trilogy of nautical, relational novels. Includes Talbot's maturing and his g...

The Scorpion God; Darkness Visible

William Golding · 1971 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Faber and Faber, 1971-1979. First edition. Cloth. Smart and bright first edition copies of two works by the renowned author William Golding. First edition copies of these two works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original dust wrappers. The du...

The Inheritors

William Golding · 1955 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, Faber and Faber, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. Brian Aldiss's copy of the first edition of William Golding's second novel, a work of prehistoric fiction following the extinction of a Neanderthal tribe. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher'...

To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy Comprising Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below

William Golding · 1991 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Faber and Faber, 1991. First edition. Hardback. A lovely signed limited edition copy of William Golding's trilogy of nautical novels set in the early 19th century. A limited edition specially bound copy. (Number 3 out of 400).Signed by the author to the colophon.Â...

The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels

William Golding · 1971 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Faber and Faber, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Golding's 1971 collection of three historical novellas. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.This collection of three novellas ...

A Collection of Works from William Golding

William Golding; John Carey [editor] · 1982 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Faber and Faber, 1982-1995. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of first editions of works from Nobel Prize winning British novelist and playwright, William Golding. Five volumes. First edition. Written by William Golding, a British novelist, playwright, and poet ...

Rites of Passage

William Golding · 1980 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Faber & Faber, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Golding's award winning novel Rites of Passage, with the original dust wrapper. First edition of Rites of Passage by William Golding in original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wra...

The Paper Men

William Golding · 1984 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London and Boston, faber and faber, 1984 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by British author William Golding in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Paper Men by William Golding in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust ...

Fire Down Below

William Golding · 1989 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Faber and Faber, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of this novel by Nobel Prize winning author William Golding. "In 'Fire Down Below 'William Golding's great sea trilogy makes landfall at last. And completes a gripping masterpiece of contemp...

Modern Literature on Home: A Personal Selection

Alice Thomas Ellis; Johnathan Rabin; Alaa Al Aswany; Roddy Doyle; Harriet Waugh; William Golding; Elizabeth Ayrton; Günter Grass · 1972 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Duckworth; Collins Harvill; Fourth Estate; Jonathan Cape; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; Faber and Faber; Secker and Warburg, 1972-2007. Cloth. Eight charming examples of modern literature, all touching on themes of Home and Alienation. The first editions of eight novels of ...

The Hot Gates; the Scorpion God; Darkness Visible; an Egyptian Journal; Close Quarters; Fire Down Below; the Double Tongue

William Golding · 1965 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Faber and Faber, 1965-1995. First edition. Cloth. A seven volume collection of first edition works of modern fiction from Nobel Prize winning author, William Golding. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Each volume is a first edition, complete with its orig...

Rites of Passage

William Golding · 1980 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Faber & Faber, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of William Golding's award winning novel Rites of Passage, with the original dust wrapper. First edition. Written as the journal of a young aristocrat, Edmund Talbot, whose influential godfather has ...

Rites of Passage

William Golding · 1980 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, Faber & Faber, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of William Golding's award-winning novel 'Rites of Passage,' first in the celebrated 'Sea Trilogy.' The first edition, first impression of this work. Complete with unclipped dust...

Fire Down Below

William Golding · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Faber & Faber , 1989. First edition. Cloth. Closing the successful trilogy by the famous author William Golding 'To the Ends of the Earth', an excellent first edition, first impression. William Golding's trilogy of nautical, relational novels is formed o...

The Paper Men

William Golding · 1984 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London & Boston, Faber and Faber, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A first edition in an unclipped dust wrapper of Nobel Prize winner William Golding's penultimate novel. Most renowned for his debut novel, 'The Lord of the Flies', Sir William Golding (1911-1993) was ...

Pincher Martin

William Golding · 1956 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Faber and Faber, 1956 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition of this existentialist novel from British writer William Golding, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Noted for...

The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels

William Golding · 1971 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Faber and Faber, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of novellas from British writer William Golding. First edition. A collection of three novellas - two of which had never before been published - includes 'The Scorpion God', ...